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tag0519 - Posted - 09/01/2010: 03:27:45
Hello,
I've been playing Acoustic Guitar for about six months. I used two resources to learn: "Hal Leonard Guitar Method - Books 1,2 & 3" and Keith Wyatt "Fender Presents: Getting Started On Acoustic Guitar". I'm almost finished with the Hal Leonard book and working on the solos at the end of the Keith Wyatt DVD.
(six months may seem a little fast for these two, but I did play when I was 16 so I had some experience)
Where do I go from here? I really enjoy the solos on the Keith Wyatt DVD and liked "Bluegrass Run" in the Hal Leonard book. I'd like to have more of the same of both. Any suggestions on dvd's or books I could move on to?
Thanks in advance....
Tom
Fred Etheridge - Posted - 09/01/2010: 09:31:30
youtube, search bluegrass guitar or flat picking guitar, Sean Ray, Jammie Pittman,(both members here), Orin Starr, there are some classic books from one of the Traum brothers, Happy or Artie, I do not recall at the moment, I believe the book is titled Country Flat Pick Guitar, (52 year old memory), I have & have used all the afore mentioned in my reply, & I consider myself to have solid skills at flat picking.
Tom I hope that I have not gone overboard with the Bluegrass genre but that is where my head is
Fred
P.S. I keep a Blueridge BR180 under my desk & work out stuff from youtube lessons during lunch, which is what I am going to right now
Edited by - Fred Etheridge on 09/01/2010 09:33:58
tag0519 - Posted - 09/01/2010: 11:23:09
Fred,
thanks for the advice. And no, you didnt go overboard. I enjoy bluegrass. Blues and Jazz too
-tom
DaddyJ - Posted - 09/01/2010: 11:45:09
Fretboard Roadmaps has some great books that would be right up your alley. We have “Fretboard Roadmaps for Acoustic Guitar” and have found it to be very useful. There’s another one for bluegrass guitar that’s supposed to be good. I also have the mandolin edition and have found it to be chock full of good stuff. Can’t go wrong with Fretboard Roadmaps.
tomm - Posted - 09/01/2010: 13:16:30
I have mentioned fretboard roadmaps on numerous occasions. In my own opinion, and it's just that, that is one of the better approaches to playing. You learn the fretboard and approaches. How you wind up sounding is more up to you. Some of the other approaches sometimes tend to have more novice players wind up wanting to sound like or sounding like someone else.
Fred Etheridge - Posted - 09/02/2010: 04:55:59
Tom my road back to my Bluegrass roots came through playing blues & Jazz, what I discovered was that it was much easier to find Bluegrass musicians to play with in my area
bfloyd that is certainly the book, my Bible should be as worn as it is, (I need to work on that better)
DaddyJ & tomm, what is a good source for fretboard roadmaps is it a publication, one of my shortcomings is getting lost on a tune that I am not real familiar with the melody
Edited by - Fred Etheridge on 09/02/2010 05:10:52
tomm - Posted - 09/02/2010: 08:10:37
I hope I'm understanding your question and answering it right. Yes, it is a publication....a book. Like DaddyJ was saying, they have now expanded them. At one time there was just Roadmaps for guitar, bass ..........., now they are really expanding it, and have a "bluegrass guitar Roadmaps. Haven't seen it but I'm sure it's good.
DaddyJ might chime in here, and would like to see if he agrees that this approach could (it does for me) become boring or even discouraging. Again these publications don't teach you any songs or even licks or phrases for that matter(unless the newer one's do). They teach therory, positions....as the title implies roadmaps.
Probably the best of both worlds is best as you can still be learning songs, licks etc. from other material & publications. But trust me if you want to really learn how to play and sound like you, you won't regret using this as part of your learning and practicing.
DaddyJ - Posted - 09/02/2010: 08:17:31
I got mine from Amazon. Careful, 'cause there are a ton of them. Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Electric Guitar, etc. We have the one for "Acoustic Guitar". You might be more interested in "Country Guitar" or "Bluegrass and Folk Guitar". They are designed to teach you what you need to know to play the instrument, quickly. One of the things that distinguishes Roadmaps from, say, Mel Bay is they get into more complex timing a lot earlier. Mel Bay is kind of "white bread" when it comes to timing but Roadmaps will really push you in that regard.
Like any "method" book, it will take some discipline to get through it, but I think it will pay off. A lot of them come with cd's which I highly recommend. Some of the timing is very difficult and it helps to have audio to listen to.
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